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There were 36 Jewish members of the 116th United States Congress, which sat from 2019 to 2021, an increase from 30 during the 115th United States Congress.In the 117th United States Congress, there were 26 Jewish lawmakers in the U.S House of Representatives, all but two of them members of the Democratic Party.
Representative Party District Term Notes Start End Length of service Lewis Charles Levin: American (Know Nothing) PA-01: March 4, 1845: March 4, 1851: 6 years, 0 days Lost reelection [42] Emanuel B. Hart: Democratic: NY-03: March 4, 1851: March 4, 1853: 2 years, 0 days Lost renomination [43] Philip Phillips: Democratic: AL-01: March 4, 1853 ...
The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 119th Congress.In most cases, besides specific sources, the current representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center.
Jewish Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) said she voted against the bill that would crack down on antisemitism on college campuses because, in her view, anti-Zionism is not “inherently” antisemitism ...
Two girls wearing banners with the slogan "ABOLISH CHILD SLAVERY!!" in English and Yiddish.Likely taken during the May 1, 1909 labor parade in New York City.. With the influx of Jews from Central and Eastern Europe many members of the Jewish community were attracted to labor and socialist movements and numerous Jewish newspapers such as Forwerts and Morgen Freiheit had a socialist or communist ...
The bill generalized the commandments as an expression of what its authors perceive as universal American values, albeit important social values. Opinion: Ten Commandments bill excluded many and ...
California's first and only Jewish governor Idaho: Moses Alexander [1] Democratic: January 4, 1915: January 6, 1919: Idaho's first and only Jewish governor Utah: Simon Bamberger [1] Democratic: January 1, 1917: January 1, 1921: Utah's first and only Jewish governor New Mexico: Arthur Seligman [1] Democratic: January 1, 1931: September 25, 1933
(The Center Square) – A group of majority Jewish professors from the City University of New York are challenging their state’s Taylor Law that forces them to be under the representation of a ...